In a suburban area of HN City, ZJ Province, Huaxia, it was already two in the morning, but to Yang Xuan, it was no different from daytime. He played games and watched TV as usual, no different from any ordinary shut-in. The eight-pack abs he had once trained had completely turned into extra-large slabs of pork belly.
Yang Xuan was completely absorbed in his TV show and failed to notice that a meteor from a distant starry sky was about to crash down. Its destination was the dormitory of the company where Yang Xuan worked.
After stretching, Yang Xuan paused the show. It was incredibly exciting, but he had been holding in his urine for several hours. If he didn't go soon, he felt like something was about to explode. He went to the bathroom, grabbed a cigarette, and staggered out of the dormitory. He had to admit that his company's employee dormitory was excellent. It was fifty meters from the office, with the bathroom directly across from it and the kitchen right beside the bathroom. Even if he sometimes got up late, he could still turn on his computer and work from inside the dormitory.
Just as he entered the bathroom, the meteor came crashing down at high speed and struck Yang Xuan squarely on the head. Strangely, it didn't break through anything in the roof. Yang Xuan only had time to let out a muffled groan before collapsing unconscious. In his daze, he vaguely heard something about an installation, and then he knew nothing more.
Lifeform detected-- Default host---- Beginning parasitic integration---- 10% 30% 99% System installation complete.
"Ugh—my head feels so swollen. What's going on?" Yang Xuan felt very strange. His body had always been in excellent condition, and he rarely got sick. Although he didn't exercise much, he had often practiced fitness training and taekwondo in the past.
Yang Xuan abruptly sat up and picked up the phone he had dropped while unconscious. "Holy crap, it's already seven in the morning!" He had to hurry back to the dormitory, or he would be in deep trouble if everyone went to work and discovered him. Just as he was about to return, Yang Xuan's face turned green. Fine, he would go back and change his underwear first.
Yang Xuan, male, twenty-four years old, worked for a Taobao Company in HN City. The company's main business was selling fur products on online platforms. They sold affordable sheepskin leather clothing, Rabbit fur leather clothing, and, for more expensive products, sable fur garments and whole-mink fur coats.
Yang Xuan was the company's top customer-service representative. Perhaps because he often stayed up all night, and never closed the platform's chat window even while watching TV or playing games, his performance was much better than that of his ordinary colleagues.
After tidying himself up, Yang Xuan planned to finish the episode he hadn't watched and then go to sleep. His work hours were from five in the afternoon until midnight, so no one cared if he slept all day. Just as Yang Xuan pressed the play button, a voice suddenly appeared in his mind.
Ding—The system has detected Conditions of a Witch. Enter?
Yang Xuan wore a blank expression. What was going on? Had staying up all night too often caused him to hallucinate? To test whether it was an illusion, Yang Xuan closed the show and opened it again.
Ding—The system has detected Conditions of a Witch. Enter?
I got a system? Yang Xuan was an old webnovel reader. How could he not understand what this meant? He had obtained a cheat. His initial panic gradually turned into elation, then calm.
Yang Xuan asked, "What are you? How did you get inside my head?"
The system replied as expected, "Host, this system is parasitically integrated into your body and can travel through all kinds of parallel worlds."
Yang Xuan pressed on, "Then where did you come from? Who created you?"
"I don't know. I wandered in the interstice between space and time for too long, and my memories no longer contain anything from the beginning. Host, you don't need to speak aloud. Just silently recite your thoughts in your mind." The system's voice echoed in Yang Xuan's heart.
"Hmm. Then besides entering cinematic worlds, what other functions do you have?" Yang Xuan silently recited.
Yang Xuan blinked, and a virtual screen appeared before his eyes.
System Functions
1: Travel to various derivative worlds, including novels, films, television shows, anime, and legends.
2: Spend a certain price to enhance attributes, skills, and items.
3: Upon traveling to any unfamiliar place, automatically obtain and permanently master that world's language, while converting learning into skills.
4: World-time control. Once inside a world, time can be advanced, but one cannot travel back into the past.
5: The system comes with storage space. The initial space is ten square meters. As his own energy grew stronger, it could continuously expand and even evolve into a world.
6: For the remaining additional functions, please explore them yourself, Commander.
Yang Xuan was truly overjoyed. I'm rich! I'm rich! I can make a fortune in any world I choose, and I'll also get the powers from all kinds of worlds. Naruto, Dragon Ball, Marvel. I'll be invincible now.
The most important thing now was deciding which world to enter. Society was very peaceful at present, and no one knew what might happen in another world. It would be better to make proper preparations first.
Yang Xuan didn't just enjoy watching TV; he was also extremely fond of movies. He had seen nearly every popular film and had secretly felt upset over the regrets in some of their plots.
After choosing again and again, one film finally caught Yang Xuan's eye. Chronicle had been filmed in 2012. It was a low-budget, small-scale production about three losers who entered a cave and gained superpowers.
When Yang Xuan had watched it back then, he had complained nonstop. After gaining telekinesis, they actually robbed a convenience store at a gas station. It was simply hilarious. The main character's personality was deeply flawed, and after obtaining superpowers, he became increasingly violent.
This was also related to his family. His father had constantly abused him, while his mother had died because they had no money. Sometimes, Yang Xuan felt that the protagonist was rather pitiful.
Based on Yang Xuan's current analysis, the Telekinesis Gem that granted these powers was incredibly strong. Even by the end of the movie, that still wasn't the full extent of telekinesis.
It had enormous potential waiting to be developed, and this ability was also very easy to obtain. Yang Xuan was only worried about one thing: the gem's superpower was divided equally among three people, yet even so, they had all suffered severe nosebleeds. If only one person received it, would he die from exhaustion? This was something he needed to consider carefully.
After thinking for a long time, he decided to sleep properly and replenish his energy before entering at midnight. He would ask for leave while he was at it.
Time passed in the blink of an eye.
Ring-ring—ring-ring—the alarm rang on time. Yang Xuan got up groggily, washed his face, brushed his teeth, and ate something. After a bout of rushing around, everything was ready.
The system would travel to Chronicle. The selected point in the plot was the beginning, at a location near the Telekinesis Gem's cave. The current limit of time control was 1:100, meaning one hour in reality equaled one hundred hours in the film world.
Yang Xuan only felt his vision go dark before appearing on a stretch of grass. A dark cave stood four or five meters ahead. The system really delivers. Yang Xuan hurried forward. The cave hadn't looked frightening at all in the movie, but seeing it in person suddenly made it seem a little terrifying.
He turned on his phone's flashlight and entered the cave bit by bit. The inside was actually quite manageable. There was only one path, so it was easy enough to find his way. After turning a corner, everything before him suddenly became blue. It was beautiful. He had finally found the Telekinesis Gem.
The Telekinesis Gem was deep blue all over and emitted a faint, brilliant glow that illuminated Yang Xuan's eyes.
Yang Xuan knew that success or failure hinged on this moment. Without any hesitation, he took a deep breath and steadily touched the Telekinesis Gem.
With a "bang," Yang Xuan felt as though his head had been struck by a construction vehicle. It hurt terribly, but after the pain came an intense swelling, so severe that it felt as though his entire brain were about to explode. Gradually, the gem turned red, grew smaller and smaller, and slowly vanished.
Yang Xuan kept his eyes shut as blood poured from his nose. His eyes remained tightly closed, and he collapsed to the ground in an instant, losing consciousness.